Chapter 142: Showing Support for the Saintess’s Speech
One month later, Caster Town, Church Reformatory of South Harbor County.
“Melissa, you’ve been very diligent lately. You’ve already taken first place for three consecutive months.” In the study, the head of the reformatory, the gray-haired Sister Tran, held a test paper and smiled approvingly at Melissa standing before her.
“It’s all thanks to the Matron’s guidance.” Melissa replied with a smile.
“Not just your grades. I feel that after your birthday that day, your overall condition became much better than when you first arrived.” Tran looked at Melissa and suddenly asked, “Did something happen to trigger that change?”
During the first few months after Melissa arrived, she had been extremely gloomy, often with dark circles under her eyes from poor sleep.
But after a certain day, her condition suddenly improved, and she regained her energy.
Not only that, she began to devote herself unusually to studying. She listened attentively during lessons, asked questions whenever she did not understand something, and even spent her rest time reading borrowed books, looking as if she had resolved to strive forward with determination.
Tran had once been a Disciplinary Officer of the Church Disciplinary Order, responsible for arresting and judging internal Church personnel who violated Church regulations—similar to military police within an army. She had even once served as a Disciplinary Elder on the same level as an Archbishop. After growing old, she retired and took up a teaching position at this reformatory.
When Aaron had sent Melissa—who was connected to the case—to the reformatory, he had specifically sought out Tran and asked her to take care of the girl.